One-way clutch.



y P. A. WARREN, Ji. ONE WMl CLUTCH.

APPLICATION FILED MAY12, 19H8.

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WT '55555 Ta EIENTED AUGA, 190s.'

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ONE WAY CLUTCH. .LPPLIGATIOH FILED 11u12, 190s.

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EZEIEE PAT'BNTBD AUG. 4.11908.v l.

' STATES PATENT FEED .-i. WARREN, in., or PEABODY, MASSACHUSETTS, A-ssIGNOnfr TEE MARINE v isLuiDwARE COMPANY, CF PEABODY, irAssACHUsETrs, .r CORPORATION OF ONE-WAY CLUTCH. ifo. 4,991'. Specification of Letters Patent. 'latented` 4, 19.08.. l

I Application filed May 12, 1908. Seal No. 432,366.

To all Vvir-7mm 'it' may concem Be it known that I, FRED A. WARREN, Jr., a citizen of the United Sta-tes, residing in Peabody, in the county of Essex and State of lilassschusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in One-lay Clutches, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of one-way clutches which are adaptedparticularly for use in connection with marine engines, although the improved one-Way clutch thus produced may be used in connection with other engines or machinery.

The invention consists of a certain novel construction and combination of parts fully described below, and illustrated 1n the accompsnying drawings, in which:.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention. F ig. 2 is an inside view with the late removed, looking toward the left. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a derail in section showing one of the toggles expanded and the clutch in operative position. Fi 5 is an enlarged vertical detail taken on ine 5 5, Fig. 2.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Reference numeral 10 represents a circular case integral with a hub or collar 11 rigid on the shaft 12 which is driven by the engine, and

' 13 is a plate screwed at 14 to the flange 15 on the case, and provided with an annular ange or hub 16.

1T represents the sha-ft which 'transmits motion to thepropeller (if the clutch is used in Connection with a marine engine) said shaft being rigid in a sleeve 1S in which is rividly held s stub-shaft 19 which is disposedJ between the inner ends of the shafts 12 and 17.

-A sleeve 20 is disposed non-ri idly on the shaft 1Q, and atubular cone or s eeve 21 provided with a tapered end'22` is'rigid on the sleeve 20, the cone 21 lbeing's'liorter than the 4 ,5' sleeve 20 and so disposed thereon as to leave an annular groove or channel 23 between the non-tapered end of the cone and a flange 24 on the onreiend of the sleeve 20', said annular groove or channel'bei fr ada ted t-oprovide E 5 0 mea.ns of engagement or a ever the usual rnanner, whereby the cone'21,' 22 may ,be moved endivise on the shaft 19.'. 26 is a hub rigid yon the shaft 19, and in- 'of these wing-shaped plates has`.\rigidly se-- cured to its' out-er edge an arc-shaped plate A or yoke,`the two constituting a clutch-member 28 adapted to be expanded against the i inner surface of the Case 10, both parts of said clutch-member or yoke beingxconcenf" tric with the inner surface of said case, and normally very near but not in actual Contact therewith. T he ends of both these parts 28 are thickened and provided with curvechrecesses at 29, and the ends of one part ard-at suflicient distance from the ends of the other part to allo-.v of toggles each of which cons sists of two members or levers 30 and 31\\-\ l whose heels or outer ends are curved to fit said recesses in such a manner that they can` i turn or swing therein, The adjacent ends of the two members 30 and 31 of each toggle are provided ith cppositely curved grooves 32 and 33, said rooves deepening on Op o- 75 site inclines, as igllustrated in Figs. 3 ami) 5, 1 thereby tted to receive a conical or tapered pivot 34 which is bored and threaded to rceive an adjusting-screw 35 which extends from a bar 36 screwed at 37 to the member 30 30 of the toggle. The member 30 of each.` tog le is provided with an integral arm 38,

of t e shape shown in Fig. 3, said arm extendinoP from such member across the inner end o the opposite member, and being g5 formed at its op osite end with a projection` 39which extends at right angles therewith toward the inner face of one of the wings`27,

as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2 and in full lines in Fig. 4. The inner enti of each of said arms 3S is-furthermore provided with a.` projection 40 which bears normally (that is, when the clutch is out of engagement), against the hub 26, boing held in such position by a spiral spring 41 which surrounds a 95 screw or pin 42 rigid with the arm' and is held partly contracted betweensaid'arn'r and the inner surface of the adj acentcurved'platetor clutchmember 28. 'Eacht-aper'ed-plvot-pin '34 is provided 'with a long itudinalgroove43 00 into which there extends 'a' pin 44 secured" in'J 'J 'the member 30 ofthe adjacentitoggle. f It .imei-ww...

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engagement, and the shaft 12, which is in lping-plates into engagement with the inner connection with the power, is running freely, as. is-.also the case 10, 13. In these figures theQclutch-mechanism is not expanded, the

parts 28 being concentric with and out of contact with the case, and 'the ta eredsleeve v or cone 21 being to the right o and out of engagement with the port1ons'40 ofthe? curved'ai'ms 38; and the stub-shaft 19, the i sleeve 18 and the shaft 17 which is connected with the'propeller, are stationary. By moving the lever 25 toward the left, the ta 'ered end 22 of the cone 21 is forced aroun and across the hub 26v to or toward the central portion of the radial plates 27, as illustrated 1n Fig. 4, and the projections 40 are spread, forcing outward the inner ends of the curved arms 38 against the ower of the springs 41, swinging outward tte ends of the togglemembers 30 and fby means of the tapered pivots 34 swinging outward the ends of the toggle-members 31, thus causing the toggle 30, 31 to straighten or be forced outward until tion, with the effect t at the a jacent edges of the arc-shaped lates or yokes 28 are forced apart and t eir outer surfaces are forced outward into engagement with the inner surface of the case 10, which imparts rotation to said arc-shaped plates or yokes 28, and thence through. the radial or wingshaped plates 27 to the stub-shaft 19 which by means of the coupling 18 imparts rotation to the shaft 17 connected with the propeller. The projections 39 by bearing .against the plates 27 prevent straining or bending of the arms 38. By means of the ta ered pivotpins 34 in the oppositely incline grooves 32, 33, and the adjusting-screws 35, the wear can be taken up easily vwhen it becomes desirable. i Having thus fully described my invention,` what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a clutch-mechanism of the character described, a substantially circular case adaptedto be rigidly connected with a driving-mechanism, a shaft in said case adapted to be connected with the mechanism to be driven, a hub rigid on said shaft, radial plates rigid With said shaft, arc -shaped grippingplates supported by said radial plates and substantia ly concentric with the inner surface of the case, toggles intermediate of and connecting the ends of each plate with the ends of the other plate, arms extending from one of the members of each toggle to the hub, means for holding the inner end of said arm l its'inner edges 45 ap roach a (parallel posiagainst the hub, a cone or tapered sleeve mg the toggles and forcing the curved gripthe ends of each plate with the ends of thev other plate, the outer ends of the toggles fitt tino' and moving in the adjacent grooved ends of said alates, arms extending from one of the mem eis of each toggle to the hub, means for holding the inn-er end of said arm against the hub, acone or tapered sleeve adapted to slide 0n the shaft and with its tapered end of somewhat larger diameter than that of said'hub, and means for sliding the tapered end of said sleeve between the hub and the inner ends of said arms, thereby expanding the toggles and forcing the curved gripping-plates into engagement with the inner sur ace of the case, for the purpose set forth.

3'. In a clutch-mechanism of the character described, a substantially circular case adapted to be rigidly connected with a driving-mechanism, a shaft in said case adapted to be connected with the mechanism to be driven, a hub rigid on said shaft, radial plates rigid with said shaft, arc-shaped grippingplates supported by said radial plates and substantia ly concentric with the inner surface of the case, toggles intermediate of and connecting the ends of each plate with the ends of the other plate, the inner or adjacent ends of the members constituting the toggles being provided with opposite curved grooves deepening at o posite mclines, tapered pins dis osed 1n sai( grooves, means for adjusting sai ains, an arm extending from one of the mem ers of each toggle to the hub, means for holding the inner end of said arm against the hub, a cone or ta ered sleeve ada ted to slide on the shaft an with its tapere end of somewhat larger diameter than that of said hub, and means for sliding the ta )ered end of said sleeve between the hub an( the inner ends of said arms, thereby expanding the toggles and forcing the curved grippingplates into engagement with the inner surface of the case, for the purpose set forth.

4. InV a clutch-mechanism of the charac: ter described, a substantially circular case adapted t0 be rigidly connected with a driving-mechanism, a shaft in said case adapted to be connected with the mechanism to be driven, arc-shaped gripping-plates substantially concentric with the inner surface o1 the case, means for supporting said grippingpiates interinediate of the plates and the ends of the other plate, 'the inner adjacent ends of the members. of the toggles being provided with oppositely inclined curved. l grooves, tapered plvot-pins 1n said grooves,

means for adjusting said ivot-pins, and

Vmechanism for expanding t e toggles and vforcing the gripping-plaies against the1nel",[\'}\ shaft, toggles intermediate of and connectsurface of the case, for the purpose set forth. ing the ends of each gripping-plate with the M' In testimony whereof I have signed my 'name to this specification in the .presence of `.two subscribing ndtnesses. Y FRED A. WABRENTJ15\` Witnesses: v

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, M. A. A'rwoon. 

